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Re:When hiring senior engineers, you’re not buying, you’re s... by paulie_a on Sunday January 20, 2019 @09:13PM (#18957066)
Bullshit artists are honestly easy to spot. They are easy to trip up because they think they are good at fooling people. If they said all the right things, the questions were probably low quality. I would throw a zinger in to see if they can react to it. I honestly expect a candidate to say, "I am not familiar" or "I'm not sure I'd have to look that up" once during an interview.
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Re:When hiring senior engineers, you’re not buying, you’re s... by BurningFrog on Sunday January 20, 2019 @09:48PM (#18957239)
Well... There are different kinds.

The people I talk about aren't even deliberately fake. They really think they're awesome. They can say all the right things. They're charismatic and sound real smart. They have great anecdotes, dripping with wisdom.

It's just that their work is mediocre at best.

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Re:When hiring senior engineers, you’re not buying, you’re s... by Stratoscope on Sunday January 20, 2019 @11:30PM (#18957650)
> The people I talk about aren't even deliberately fake. They really think they're awesome.

I guess you don't have to be good at fooling people when you believe it yourself.

(cf. Theranos)

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